Hair-waver.



H. H. KLEIN.

HAIR WAVEH.

APPLICATION Hummm/10.1911.

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HAIR-WAVER.

Application filed July 10, 1917.

To all whom t may concern.

Be it known that I, HARRY H. KLEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of New York, in the borough of Manhattan and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair-Wavers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention is designed as an improvement upon that class of hair wavers in which a rigid body is employed having a flexible cord tied or otherwise connected to one end thereof and provided with attaching means for the cord at the opposite end. The obj ect of the invention is to provide a yielding cover for the hard unyielding body portion so mounted upon the latter that there is no danger of its accidental detachment, and to provide for the connection of the flexible cord to the body without the use of unsightly knots.

Other objects of the invention will hereinafter appear and the novel features thereof Will be set forth in the claims.

In the drawings forming part of the specifcation;

Figure l is an edge view on a reduced scale of a hair `Waver constituting one embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same upon af larger scale; y

Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing one layer of the cover applied and illustrating the method of application;

Fig. 4 is a cross section on an enlarged scale on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a similar section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a View in side elevation of the core or body partly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3;

Figs. 7 8 and 9 are similar views of modified forms of cores which may be employed; Fig. 10 is an enlarged cross sectional view of the core shown in Fig. 7

' Fig. 11 is a cross section on the line 11-11 of Fig. 9, and

Fig. 12 is a detail view showing the manner of applying the ball or knob to the knotted free end of the flexible cord.

Like reference numerals indicate like parts in the different views.

In the embodiment of my invention illustrated in Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive, the improved waver is shown as consisting of a body portion 1 composed of a core 2 having a 'soft cover 3 tightly applied thereto and a.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1918.

Serial No. 179,624.

flexible cord 4 connected to the body without the use of knots or separate connecting means and preferably integral with the cover 3. The core 2 is shown as constructed of two strands 5 of spring metal or other suitable resilient material lying throughout the greater part of their length in close contact with each other and preferably formed from a single piece of wire bent back upon itself, as shown at G. The extremities of the strands 5 of which the core is composed may be slightly flared, as shown at 7, to permit of the ready insertion of the flexible cord 4 between them. Intermediate the ends of the core 2, the two strands 5 of which the same is made, are shown as flattened at 8 to form the shoulders 9. rlhese shoulders may, of course, be otherwise formed if desired. The flattening of the strands 5, however, not only produces these shoulders but also serves to increase the width and decrease the thickness of the body as a whole, which is desirable as the hair is wound directly upon the body of the waver. As shown in Fig. 4, the cover 3 surrounding the core 2 is of double thickmess, and as shown in Fig. 2, the cord 4 is integral with this cover, being a continuation of the outer layer thereof. The cover is applied by braiding the same over the core by employing the ordinary circular braiding machine with a slight modification therein designed merely for the purpose of permit ting a reversal of the direction of the braiding operation, to be referred to later. I start the braiding operation a short distance beyond the looped end 6 of the core and produce a short section 1() of tubular braid before the braiding strands reach the core. The braiding operation is continued with a single layer of braid tightly applied to the outer surface of the core 2 until a point is reached a short distance from the flared ends 7 of the core, as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawing. The direction of feed of the braiding strands is now reversed and a second layer of the braid is tightly applied to the outer surface of the first layer until the core and the short section 10 is covered with this second layer. After this the braiding operation is continued to produce the flexible cord 4. By reversing the direction of feed of the braiding strands at a point near the separated extremities of the core 2, a neat finish is produced at this point without any danger of the cover fraying out; by making a double layer of braid upon the core 2 a soft yielding surface is provided ysame around said strands. .tends beyond the shoulders 9 and is prevent- 'thus connected to the body of the device without the necessity of tying knots orfthe use of separate connecting means. The braided cover being tightly applied to the core 2, serves to hold the two strands 5 of said core in yclose relation with each other lso as -to `provide for the frictional attachment of the free end of the cord 4 by inserting the same between the exposed ends of the strands 5, and if desired lwinding the The cover 3 exed from detachment from the core` 2 by its engagement with said shoulders.

rIhe free end of the cord 4 is knotted, as shown at 11, and around this knot is clamped a hollow finishing ball 12 made in a well- Iknown way from a slitted metallic disk.

This not only covers and conceals the knot, but prevents the fraying out of the strands of the braid at the end of the cord.

The core upon which the cover is braided or otherwise applied is susceptible of a wide range of modification. In Fig. 7 ofthe drawing, for example, the core 2"l is shown as made from a flat strip of metal, celluloid or 'other suitable material having the shoulders 9a thereon which are engaged by the cover, and the forked or ybifurcated ends 7a for the attachment ofthe free end of the flexible cord.`

In Fig. 8, the core 2b is somewhat similar to the core 2 `of Fig. 6, but the shoulders 9b andthe increased width of the body are attained by bending the two strands of the core at points near lthe opposite ends thereof so as to separate the central portions of these strands. With this form of core, however, Va `filler 13 is preferably employed be-.

tween the separated portions of the strands topreventthe samel from compressing when the device is in use and the hair is wound thereon.

In lFig. 9, the core 2c is similar to that illustrated in Fig. 8, the same di'ering therefrom in that the filler 13a is formed in one piece with the wire of which the core 2c is made. Other modifications, not only of the core but of other features of my invention, may, o'f course,^be made, and I do not desire to be limited to any of the details of construction vherein shown and described, except as I limit myself vin the follow-ing claims.

I claim:

1. A lhair Waver comprisinga body consisting of a core having lateral shoulders or projections thereon and having cord-attachsaid shoulders and retaining said strands Yin close relation to each other adjacent said shoulders, and a flexible cord integral with 'said cover and extending outwardly beyond one end of said core;

3. A hair waver comprising a body Vconsisting of a core made up of a plurality of resilient strands shaped yto produce lateral shoulders and with its width greater than its thickness, and a fabric cover tightly vapplied to said core engaging said shoulders and holding said strands in close relation to each other adjacent said shoulders, and a flexible cord integral with said cover and extending outwardly beyond one end of said core.

4. A hair Waver comprising a body consisting of a core made up of a plurality of resilient strands bent near their opposite ends to separate their intermediate portions and to form lateral shoulders, a filler located between ythe separated portions ofl said strands and a fabric cover tightly wound upon said core engaging said shoulders and holding said strands in close relation to each other adjacent said shoulders, and a flexible cord integral with-said cover.

5. A hair waver comprising a body consisting of a core made upy of a plurality of resilient strands bent near their opposite ends to separate their intermediate portions and to form lateral shoulders, a wire iller located between the separated `portions of said strands, the same being bent lto form engaging portions for 'the inner surfaces of said strands, and a fabric cover tightly applied to said core engaging the shoulders thereon and holding the free ends thereof in HARRY II. KLEIN.

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